Sodium Azide → 2-Azido-1-(4-fluorophenyl)ethan-1-one

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A solution of 2-bromo-1-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-ethanone (2.5 g, 11.5 mmol) in DMSO (15 mL) at 10° C. was vigorously stirred and sodium azide (0.94 g, 14.4 mmol) was added. The mixture was stirred for I hour then quenched with water (20 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×25 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with water (25 mL) and brine (25 mL), dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduce pressure to give 2-azido-1-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-ethanone (1.7 g, 9.3 mmol) as a viscous yellow-red liquid.

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